mii

See also: Mii and mi-i

Translingual

Symbol

mii

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chigmecatitlán Mixtec.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chigmecatitlán Mixtec terms

Barunggam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

Noun

mii

1. eye

Further reading

• Barunggam body parts

Michif

Etymology

From Canadian French mes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi]

Determiner

mii m pl or f pl (masculine singular moñ, feminine singular ma)

1. my

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmij/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Samic *mij, from Proto-Uralic *me.

Pronoun

mii

1. we (more than two of us)

Inflection

Inflection of mii (irregular)
Nominative	mii
Genitive	mīn
Nominative	mii
Genitive	mīn
Accusative	mīn
Illative	midjiide
Locative	mīs
Comitative	mīnguin
Essive	mīnin

See also

Northern Sami personal pronouns

	singular	dual	plural
1st person	mun	moai	mii
2nd person	don	doai	dii
3rd person	son	soai	sii

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Uralic *mi. Cognate with Southern Sami mij and Lule Sami mij.

Pronoun

mii

1. what (interrogative)
2. which, that (interrogative)

Inflection

The accusative form man is used when there is an implication of a choice from a limited number of options. The form máid has no such implication, and is more general and indefinite.

Pronominal inflection
Nominative	mii
Genitive	man
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mii	mat
Accusative	man máid	maid
Genitive	man	maid
Illative	masa	maidda
Locative	mas	main
Comitative	mainna	maiguin
Essive	manin

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Ojibwe

Adverb

mii

1. it is thus that

   Miish imaa azhigwa debikak, mii imaa gii-nibaayaang.

   When it got dark, we slept there (on them).

See also

• izhi-
• miish

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/mii-adv-pred

Ottawa

Adverb

mii

1. and

References

• Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 151

Pangseng

Noun

mii

1. water

References

• Kiyoshi Shimizu, A Comparative Study of the Mumuye Dialects, (v, Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde, Serie A: Afrika, Band 14, Berlin, Dietrich Reimer Verlag)

Rang

Noun

mii

1. water

References

• Kiyoshi Shimizu, A Comparative Study of the Mumuye Dialects, (v, Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde, Serie A: Afrika, Band 14, Berlin, Dietrich Reimer Verlag)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mij/, [miː]
• Rhymes: -ij
• Hyphenation: mii

Noun

mii f pl

1. plural of mie

Siwai

Noun

mii

1. name

References

• Onishi, Masayuki (1994), A Grammar of Motuna (Bougainville, Papua New Guinea) (PhD thesis)‎^[4], page 45

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mimi, compare Hawaiian mimi.

Noun

mii

1. urine

Yendang

Noun

mii

1. (Yoti) water

References

• The Maya [Yendang] languages: Wordlists collected by Barau Kato and Zachariah Yoder: Analysis by Roger Blench

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• míràn, mírìn
• múẹ̀n (Ondo, Ikalẹ)

Etymology

Clipping of òmíì or ìmíì.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ꜜmĩ́ĩ̀/

Determiner

míì

1. another, other

   Synonyms: míràn, mírìn

   Kò rí bẹ́ẹ̀ ní agbègbè míì. ― It's not like that in other regions.

See also

• òmíràn, ìmíràn (“another”)